NATIVE LAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 243, 11 October 1916, Page 9

NATIVE LAND.

■. ■ •—' ( FOB MAORI SOLDIERS: .£ . (Special to -'Star. , ') . . "WELLiXCTQ-X, this day. The, generosity of the Taupo natives in giving over 25,000 acres of their land "for soldiere of the Maori race is likely " to stir other natives to patriotic emulai. tiqn. The Taihape section of the tribes •".interested in the Owhaoko Block is considering "what it can do in the same "way, and in due course, a deputation from ■ -them will visit Wellington, to acquaint the Hon. Dr. Pomare regarding the result of their deliberations. A telegram from his Excellency the -ilGovernor was read at the meeting of /: the Ngati Tv Wharetoa tribe at Toka- * wo, congratulating them upon their -patriotic spirit, and stating that he ' would have great pleasure in bringing junder the notice of His Most Gracious vMajesty the King this most generous gift from the Tv Wharetoa people. To this the following interesting reply was - forwarded:— ■- • • - ' •.-•■ "Greetings'. Memo, received by us, the chiefs and people of the Ngati Tv .Wharetoa tribe. We rejoice exceedingly for your good wishes. We have been duly rewarded for our insignificant gift by your words of praise and pleasure. The times, the tides, and the destiny of the human race have united the Empire by the cement of sacrifice insoluble and fixed for all time. K;a oral" " On the East Coast of the North Island, where, under the care of the Hon. A. T. «gata, the natives conduct successful . farming and stock-raising operations on .-.-: ' r OWn land, 2,000. acres have been i JjJ* aside for returned Maori "soldiers. - The land has been stocked with sheep, and a returned soldier placed in charpe .. «s manager, to carry oh the"work until . "Die comrades come home.